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Mar 2019
2:28pm, 23 Mar 2019
40,995 posts
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Velociraptor
First run on tarmac for my VFs today. The bouncy-platform sensation was rather disconcerting on descents at first but I'd got used to it after a few miles.
Otherwise, 27s off my season's best for parkrun on the same course, which amounts to a 1.9% improvement. No more than could be explained by chance alone. But the same percentage improvement in my 10-mile race in 2wks would be very welcome.
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Mar 2019
11:16pm, 24 Mar 2019
88 posts
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Phill_Young
Vaporfly PB strikes again, Bushy Park parkrun, 16:20, previous best 5k and parkrun time was 16:58. First time at Busy Park, first 200m across grass was interesting but then when on the paths VF’s worked great, ran “naked” as watch froze on start.
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Mar 2019
6:38am, 25 Mar 2019
66,556 posts
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Gobi
Very Nice Phil
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Mar 2019
10:59am, 25 Mar 2019
1,229 posts
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Chris
Thats a big improvement Phil, good stuff. I'm hoping to trouble my 5k PB with the vaporfly's next week
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Mar 2019
11:06am, 25 Mar 2019
7,095 posts
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larkim
Still stoically resisting.
(Though I did look on ebay to see if there were any used pairs in my size...)
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Mar 2019
11:59am, 25 Mar 2019
91 posts
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Phill_Young
Thanks Gobi. Chris, I have to put some of the improvement down to not having a watch to look at and see the pace and think wow that's too fast I need to slow down but I have no doubts the shoes are a contributor as well 
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Apr 2019
10:13pm, 7 Apr 2019
41,188 posts
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Velociraptor
I did some Vaporfly acclimatisation in a 10-mile race today. The course was undulating and, as before, I didn't think the Vaporflys gave me any help at all going downhill and even felt a bit wobbly underfoot on steep descents, but they may have helped on the uphills and where I really felt them was on the one flat section on each of the two laps, when they were suddenly like, "Boing! THIS is what we're for!" Since I got them for a flat marathon, that bodes well.
I was pleased with how untroubled my legs felt after the race even though I'd run hard.
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Apr 2019
1:40pm, 8 Apr 2019
646 posts
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SKR
@velociraptor - the "how untroubled my feet felt after" are the main reason i love them so much.
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Apr 2019
2:24pm, 8 Apr 2019
41,201 posts
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Velociraptor
It was quite surreal being able to stand around to chat and to wait for the prizegiving afterwards with my legs not getting sore or wriggly. This morning it's as if the race didn't happen, which I'm not taking as meaning anything because I'm perfectly capable of clearing the evidence of a 10-mile race out of my legs overnight when I run in my usual daps.
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Apr 2019
2:38pm, 8 Apr 2019
66,674 posts
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Gobi
I had mine on yesterday as my body fell apart
Sadly I am in a world of pain today
So although they are good they are not magic
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